Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Wednesday primary source #2 - guillotined

 
11 volumes containing a daily account of 2790 people
who were guillotined in Paris during the years from
August 1792- 25 frimaire an III. It is basically a
biographical dictionary of victims of the Revolution,
offering names and dates, as well as the occupations
and where they met their fate. This publication was
a periodical, published approximately every two weeks.

Organization: France. Tribunal révolutionnaire.

Title: Liste générale et très-exacte des tous ceux qui ont
été condamnés à mort par le Tribunal
révolutionnaire établi à Paris depuis le
commencement de la révolution jusqu'à la suppression
du tribunal, contenant leurs noms, prénoms, âges,
qualités et demeures, lieux de leurs naissances et de
leurs départemens ...
Imprint: Paris, Channaud [etc.] l'an troisième [1794-95]
Physical Description: 11 nos in 1 v. 20 cm.
Note: Title varies.
Subject (LC): France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

SPEC-COLL-- Location: RARE-BOOKS
DC183.5 .F7 1794

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